Ikea Cabinet Crown Molding

Attach a 2x4 to the top of the cabinets so it is flush with the edge of the cabinet not the edge of the door.

Ikea cabinet crown molding.

The main difference here is this board was flush with the cabinet boxes to line up with the now flush trim pieces the crown molding would adhere to. It s important to understand a frameless cabinet box like ikea sektion doesn t have a place to attach the crown molding so you actually need a two part crown. We used these on ours and i love the look it creates. The cleats act as a brace to keep the molding straight across the cabinets during installation.

You can enhance the country look of your kitchen by adding this contoured decorative strip or molding. Read about the terms in the limited warranty brochure. Then set the ikea molding piece in place and nail it to the 2x4. We focused heavily on having drawers and corner units that.

We added that board using our finish nailer right through the inside top of the center cabinets. If you don t want to pick crown molding or are worried about painting the items to match ikea has what they call deco strips which are essentially pieces of molding and can be used for both crown and base if desired. Hammer the nails into the molding from inside the cabinet to attach the molding to the kitchen cupboards. All in all we are super pleased with how it came out.

Attach the cleats on to the cabinets spacing them out evenly. I like having a few glass fronted cabinets but also lots of closed uppers to maximise storage that might not be so pretty. Hang the molding across use the cleats to keep it in place. Screw nail that to the cabinet from the inside top.

We used the 39 tall cabinets because that left a decent space between the cabinets and the counter. Crown or cove molding can help build your cabinetry up to the ceiling for a fully built in look. Can be used as a decorative strip to hide the lighting units cords and outlets under wall cabinets or as a molding on top of wall cabinets and high cabinets. Ikea wall cabinets come in heights of 30 or 39.

Once the side pieces were in place we added an additional board in the top center of the cabinets for the crown molding. Can be cut to desired length. Our crown molding had a profile height of 1 1 4 so we lowered the suspension rail by 1 1 4.